HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05111993 - 1.69 Lake Alhambra Property Owners Association
c/o Homeowners Management Company
3478 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 342
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 RECEIVE®
510-937-1011
April 26, 1993 APR 2 71993
Tom Todakson, Supervisor CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors CONTRA cosrA co.
651 Pine Street#106
Martinez, CA 94553 Re: Contra Costa County Flood Control
Dear Supervisor Torlakson:
On behalf of the members of the Lake Alhambra Properly Owners Association, I would like
to share a few thoughts and feelings with you regarding the proposed fees for compliance
with Federal and State NPDES permits for storm water runoff into surface waters of the
State of California.
As you probably know, Lake Alhambra is, and has been over the past 30 years, the only
collection and settling basin on Alhambra Creek. Alhambra Creek,and therefore Alhambra
Lake, receive all the storm water runoff and gutter drainage from all of Antioch east of
Lone Tree Way,then all the way to Oakley. Over the past 30 years Lake Alhambra has
been the collector for all the streets' runoff, carrying oils, soaps, detergents, fertilizers,
chemicals, debris, and much more. Each year there are several sewage overflows and spills
which run directly into Lake Alhambra. This constant barrage of contaminated drainage
into Lake Alhambra has been the basis for two lawsuits with the City of Antioch, in 1980
and 1985.
In recent years the membership has spent in excess of$40,000 yearly and in several years
over$50,000 cleaning up the mess which constantly drains into Lake Alhambra. My point
is that the membership of Lake Alhambra Property Owners Association has paid dearly for
30 years with enormous amounts of money, hard work, and frustration to clean up and
control Contra Costa County's and Antioch's storm water runoff environmental
contamination.
Past and present boards have argued this is not and has never been the sole responsibility
of the Lake Alhambra residents. The City and County should have been paying the lion's
share of these costs for the past 30 years. We feel that, under the previously-mentioned
circumstances, it is unconscionable to suggest that the residents of Lake Alhambra now
pay an additional fee to pay for what they alone have been supporting for over 30 years.
I request that you exempt the 245 lots in the Lake Alhambra Property Owners
Association from any storm water runoff fees. I also request that, with a portion of the
funds collected, finally the rest of the City and County residents start paying their fair
share of the costs of maintaining Lake Alhambra. We await your reply.
Yours truly,
o ep S. Spott
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